The stand-in Health Secretary today issued a veiled threat to NHS managers - and said that central targets could be scrapped in a desperate bid to deal with waiting times.
In what may prove to be his only major speech before he is replaced next week, Tory Steve Barclay suggested the axe could fall on non-clinical staff amid demands for sweeping savings.
Mr Barclay announced that he had asked the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and other "arms length organisations" to provide an organisational chart by the end of the month - in order to identify layers of management.
